- A Manual for Managing Special Education for Students with Brain Injury
By: Marilyn Lash & Bob Cluett. Skills used by professional case managers are adapted for parents and applied to special education. They are- Assessment... How has the brain injury affected this child? Information gathering... What do I need to know? Referral... When do I involve a specialist? Service Coordination... How do I put this all together? Advocacy... How can I help others understand? Evaluation... How do I know if this is working? Includes lots of worksheets for problem solving. 90 Pages. Price: $25.00 each.
(Added: Fri Sep 14 2001)
- All About Me
By: Roberta DePompei & Bob Cluett. Stupid, weird, dorky. These are words that friends
and classmates use to describe a child with a brain
injury. Just when a child with a brain injury needs
help and understanding the most, friends may
disappear, make taunting remarks or imitate
behaviors. This hands-on, interactive booklet
helps the child understand what it means to have a
brain injury. The child learns how to describe the
help needed in school by using check- lists and
answering questions. This is a great teaching tool
for therapists, educators and families. 16 Pages. Price: $7 each.
(Added: Fri Jun 15 2001)
- All About Me! My Life as aTeenager
By Roberta DePompei.
This booklet helps teenagers with any diagnosis or special needs describe themselves and their disability. It helps teenagers become self-advocates in school and in the community as they prepare for adulthood.
Using short narratives and checklists, this tool provides detailed information to negotiate accommodations and compensatory strategies in school. It can be used independently by teenagers or with parents and therapists to identify current strengths, needs and strategies as well as long-term goals to achieve their dreams. 16 Pages. Price: $7 each.
(Added: Fri Sep 14 2001)
- An Educator's Manual What educators need to know about students with brain injury
Edited by: Ron Savage & Gary Wolcott. This book contains 12 chapters written by national experts on pediatric brain injury and special education. Case studies illustrate the complexity of students' needs and educa-tional planning. The in-depth medical, cognitive and behavioral information makes this a comprehensive working reference for parents, school staff and consultants. An extensive glossary is useful for interpreting clinical reports. 186 Pages. Price: $20 each.
(Added: Fri Sep 14 2001)
- Brain Injury Causes and Consequences for Students
By: McKay Moore Sohlberg, Bonnie
Todis, Ann Glang, and Marilyn Lash. This booklet goes into more detail
about the causes of brain injuries and
defines commonly used terms found in
medical reports.
An overview of physical, cognitive,
emotional, social and behavioral
changes describes how these can
affect the student's abilities and needs
in the classroom and interactions with
peers. The impact upon the family is
also addressed.
28 Pages. Price: $10 each.
(Added: Sun Jun 17 2001)
- Building Friendships When Students Have Special Needs
By: Judith Voss, Elizabeth Cooley,
Ann Glang, Bonnie Todis, &
Marilyn Lash
This manual and video present an
innovative program for building
peer support, decreas-ing social
isolation and developing
friend-ships. It is an approach
parents and school staff can use to
address the loss of friends that is
so common among students with
brain injuries. Using a friendship
facilitator, a step by step
description takes the reader
through how to recruit
participants, involve families and
peers, run effective meetings, and
troubleshoot potential problems.56 Pages
Price: $20 each
(Added: Sun Jun 17 2001)
- Changes in Self Awareness Among Students With Brain Injuries
By: McKay Moore Sohlberg, Bonnie Todis & Ann Glang
When the student is unaware of
changes in abilities, it is difficult for
educators to design accommodations
and compensatory systems.
This manual explains the causes of
unawareness and gives practical
suggestions and worksheets for
working with students in middle, junior
high and high school. 32 Pages. Price: $15 each.
(Added: Sun Jun 17 2001)
- Child Abuse
By: Mary Garett Bodel. Describes the causes, signs and consequences of child abuse, the "shaken baby syndrome" and sexual abuse.
Explains what to look for to recognize signs of abuse. Helps parents, teachers, and health care workers know how to respond to reports of abuse by children. Provides facts to correct common myths about violence and abuse. Contains resource listing for national clearinghouses and web sites on child abuse.
16 Pages. Price: $8 each.
(Added: Fri Sep 14 2001)
- Choosing Home or Residential Care
By: Marilyn Lash & Paul Kahn.
Describes the difficult and emotional decision making process when parents must choose between home care or residential care for children with severe physical disabilities due to injury, a birth related condition or chronic illness. Identifies the benefits and drawbacks for both choices. Considers the special educational needs, demands of physical care and changing needs as the child gets older. Lists types of residential programs and gives checklists for families to evaluate physical settings, educational services, and social environments. 64 Pages.
Price: $10 each.
(Added: Fri Sep 14 2001)
- Compensatory Systems For students with brain injuries
By: Ann Glang, McKay Moore Sohlberg & Bonnie Todis. Changes in memory and organizational skills after a brain injury make it difficult for this student to function in the complex environment of middle, junior high or high school because of frequent changes in teachers, classes, schedules and activities.
This manual helps educators select a compensatory system, teach students how to use it and monitor how well it is working. 44 Pages. Price: $20 each.
(Added: Tue Jun 19 2001)
- ELVIN The Elephant Who Forgets
By: Heather Snyder & Susan Beebe, Illustrator
A delightful children's book about a little elephant named "Elvin", who has a
tree branch fall on his head!
He can't count his figs anymore, gets mixed up at school and doesn't get
along with his friends anymore. A visit to the neuropsychologist helps him
understand that he's not a bad little elephant... he has a brain injury.
Helps children, friends and classmates under-stand what it's like to have a
brain injury. Written for kindergarten through elementary school age children. 16 Full color pages
Price: $15 each
(Added: Sun Jun 17 2001)
- Making the IEP Process Work For students with brain injuries
By: Bonnie Todis, McKay Moore Sohlberg & Ann Glang
This manual provides practical suggestions for gathering information and developing effective educational plans for students with brain injuries in middle, junior high and high school. It is especially useful when students have multiple teachers and classes.
It describes methods for collecting critical information and facilitating communication among team members. Worksheets and interview guides help identify goals and give step by step information on running effective meetings.56 Pages
Price: $20 each
(Added: Tue Jun 19 2001)
- Pediatric Traumatic Brain Proactive Intervention
By: Jean Blosser and Roberta
DePompei
Any parent whose child has a
cognitive communication disorder from
a brain injury should recommend that
the school use this book for
educational planning.
It is written primarily for speech and
language specialists. The authors
discuss issues in the classroom as well
as the long-term development and
maturation of the student. The effects
of a child's brain injury upon life at
home and preparation for work are
addressed. Many practical checklists
and worksheets apply clinical
information. 266 Pages
Price: $54 each
(Added: Sun Jun 17 2001)
- Resource Guide Children and Adolescents With Brain Injury
By: Marilyn Lash
This is a consumer's guide to manuals, books, videotapes and resources for families, educators and clinicians. It includes over 25 reviews of publications organized by topics of hospital care and rehabilitation, families, education, children's books, prevention, and legal issues. It lists over 200 brain injury associations, parent training centers, websites, clearing-houses, special interests, prevention programs and advocacy organizations. 28 Pages Price: $10 each
(Added: Sun Jun 17 2001)
- Signs and Strategies for Educating Students with Brain Injuries
By; Marilyn Lash, Gary Wolcott & Sue Pearson. This book gives a basic overview of the consequences brain injuries can have upon a child's learning, behavior and adjustment in school. It discusses planning for the child's initial return to school after an injury and changes over time. A special section on transition strategies helps prepare the student for moving from teacher to teacher, grade to grade and school to school with lots of worksheets for families and educators. 106 Pages. Price: $30 each.
(Added: Fri Sep 14 2001)
- The Child's Brain Injury and Development
By: Ron Savage. This booklet provides a brief but comprehensive description of how the brain works and what happens when it is injured. Graphics illustrate the geography of the brain and the location and functions of various lobes. An overview of brain development explains how the consequences of brain injury show up over time as the child matures. Useful tool for understanding neuroanatomy and its implications for learning. 16 Pages. Price: $8 each.
(Added: Sun Jun 17 2001)
- When a parent has a brain injury: Sons and daughters speak out
By: Marilyn Lash. Discusses the needs, experiences, fears, and concerns of adolescents and young adults when a parent has a brain injury.
Covers preparing sons and daughters to vist a parent in the hospital. Describes their reactions to physical, cognitive, communicative and behavioral changes in a parent. Talks about changes in life at home, reactions of friends and relationships among family members.
Gives suggestions how professionals and teachers can better respond to needs of sons and daughters. 48 Pages. Price: $7 each.
(Added: Fri Sep 14 2001)
- When Your Child is Technology Assisted A home care guide for families
By: Paul Kahn. Helps parents prepare for home care of a child with complex medical needs by describing how to set up the home and coordinate community services.
Discusses the impact of having nurses and therapists in the home. Gives tips for clear communication about caregiving and expectations.
Explores changes in relationships between spouses. Gives suggestions for helping siblings adjust and discusses the challenges of parenting. 64 Pages. Price: $10 each.
(Added: Fri Sep 14 2001)
- When Your Teenager is Injured Preparing for work and adulthood
By: Marilyn Lash, Paul Kahn & Gary Wolcott. This manual focuses on the required transition planning for adolescents receiving special education. Discusses how to include this in the IEP by age 14. Prepares for adulthood by describing how to look for a job, prepare for interviews, discuss the disability, and negotiate accommodations. Common biases of employers are frankly discussed, along with strategies for pre-venting discrimination because of a disability. The adult service system is described. 56 Pages. Price: $10 each.
(Added: Fri Sep 14 2001)
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